A top fashion show in Madrid, Spain rejected five models today on the basis that they were too thin.

No, that is not a typo and your glasses are fine. The Associated Press reports that the show, known as the Pasarela Cibeles, had decided earlier this month not to allow women below a predetermined body mass index to parade down the catwalk.

Of the 68 models who turned out, five failed the test conducted by doctors and obesity specialists. The models were more than 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighed less than 121.25 pounds, said Basilio Moreno, an obesity consultant at Gregorio Maranon Hospital.

"They had a body mass index below, well below, that which is considered normal not just by the Spanish endocrinology society, whom we represent, but also by the limits set by the World Health Organization," Moreno said.

Apparently, last year's show drew protests because the models were "bone-thin." Officials are concerned that young girls feel they must be stick-thin to be beautiful so they pressured the show to hire fuller-figured models.

A British Cabinet member is urging London Fashion Week to follow in Madrid's footsteps.

Just think, if the U.S. also got on the bandwagon, folks like me could be walking down the runway at Fashion Week. What a great sight that would be.

-- Amanda Barrett, amNY.com